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    DCC Wrap Up

    After three days of panels, cosplay, and geek acquisition the DCC is done. The 2013 Dallas Comic Con has come and gone and it was an event to be remembered. There were some of the most memorable cosplay moments, like the Dr. Song to the...

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    Geekend Review

    It’s Sunday and it’s time to review a week in geek. Kristen Stewart is the most hated celeb in America and Iron Man is still top dog despite Gatsby’s star Leo DeCap flaunting whatever it is that people still find appealing about him some twenty...

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    Free Comic Book Day/Star Wars Day

    “…You there, boy. What day is it?” Why sir, it’s both Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day. It’s Saturday May the Fourth, and may the 4th be with you. You are going to have to be a tad bit more specific because it...

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    Geekend Review

    It’s Sunday, let’s review. The world has been filled with more real news lately and less geek news. Which honestly isn’t how any of us want it. I doubt there’s a person out there in the listening audience who would rather hear about Marathon Bombers...

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    Geekend Review

    Alright, the geekend is over and it’s time to get back to our secret identities as mild mannered reporters and photo journalist and billionaire-playboy-philanthropists, etc. Before we throw on our bespectacled costumes, hiding from the world because it’s just to dangerous for those we love to...

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    Game of Thrones S3 Premier

    Winter has come in the world of Westros. John Snow is in the lands beyond the wall in the presence of their King. The once brother of the Knights Watch and Crow like himself, Mance Rayder. Daenerys Stormborne or Daenerys Targaryen has come across some...

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    Wizard World St. Louis-My First Comic Con

    This past weekend was the first ever Wizard World St. Louis comic con.  I have never had the pleasure of attending Wizard World before or any major comic convention held around the country, so needless to say I was thrilled at the chance to cover...

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    Geekend Review

    It’s Sunday and the geekend is still rolling. It’s been awhile since we’ve made a Geekend Review. A bit hit and miss the last few times. That’s my fault. Before I was reporting out of Tulsa, OK and now I’ll be reporting out of the Dallas-Fort Worth...

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    Top 8 Events to look Forward to at Wizard World St. Louis

    Next weekend, the famous Wizard World Comic Convention will be making its first ever appearance in St. Louis.  As many of you know, this is the hometown of many of the staff here at 8daysageek and we couldn’t be happier to welcome the con to...

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    Geek Girl Finds a Heroine

    Being a fangirl is hard. Sometimes it’s harder than others. In elementary school, I didn’t want to play house or dress up, I wanted to PLAY, and at Rockwell Elementary, that meant G.I Joe out on the playground dome with the boys. In the early...

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    Geekend Review

    It’s Sunday January 20th and here’s what’s been going on this week in geek. Facebook finally made some changes that people might care about. It’s been tanking hardcore since it went public and the momentum it once had has floundered like some sort of a...

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    Geekend Review

    It’s Sunday January 13th 2013 and time for your Downton Abbey interactive experience. If you’ve been following this interactive program since the beginning then you already know about the intricate fictional back story that involves Mary on a mission from the future (she’s a BioMech...

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    Top 8 Geek Films to Look Forward to in 2013

    The new year is upon us and if you read any of the recent lists on our illustrious website, you probably came across the countdown of 2012’s best and worst movies.  This coming year shows quite a bit of geek promise in the cinematic arena....

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    Geekend Review

    Welcome to the Geekend Review. It’s Sunday January 5th, the first week of our new year of 2013, and here are some top stories. Today SONY applied for patents that could predict some potentially dangerous trends for the gaming community. Similar to attempts made by...

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    The Fabricate – Episode VII?

    K. STEWART TO PLAY JAINA SOLO? Recently overheard in an elevator, Disney Executive Mick Greyfoot was said to have made startling revelations concerning the seventh installment in the recently procured Star Wars franchise. People near and far have speculated over the direction the new films...

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    Geekend Review

    Good morning and salutations, mech-hienum for my Jebriet Brethren. It’s been yet another glorious week in geek. Glorious if you like your geek slow moving like a *** ****ed sloth! What the H guys? We are like two weeks from Christmas and the holiday shopping season...

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    Nintendo Scrap Wii Games

    Nintendo have announced they will no longer be developing first party Wii games. This decision was made by Nintendo so that they can concentrate on games, for the newly released WiiU. So maybe time for out with the old and in with the new? All...

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    Geekend Review

    Welcome back to the Geekend Review. I’ve been out for a few weeks finishing up a comic project with Premier Pulp and had to take a brief vay-kay from the geek scene. But that’s all behind me me now and I’m ready to hit this...

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    Top 8 Ways Disney Can Ruin the Star Wars Franchise

    This week Disney announced that they have purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion.  This has sent shivers down the spines of many a geek in the world.  Terrified nerds everywhere are lining up to protest any and all changes made to the Star Wars franchise by...

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    Geek Review TV – The Walking Dead

    Last night AMC premiered the third season of the hit television series, The Walking Dead. Based on the widely successful comic book series of the same name, The Walking Dead written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated in black and white (with grey tones), published by...

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